Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-12-16

President Cleyelaud'saunlli Mes.
sage to congress. winch j. pph.ish-
ed elsewhere, is "a unique state pa-
per IN that il is The hr,t oi thc .lnd
which is confined exclusively 'o Tine
consideration OF only one subject.
For this reason also, perhaps. n Is
the shortest of Mr.. Cleyeland's mes
sages, and in this fact lies It's pr.n-
cipal claim to our approval.
1t is a plea tor free trade, pure
and simple. There is in IT. not q
line, not n thought, not n sugges.
ton, that will find favor in Virginia,
or Georgia or Alabama where neg
manufacturing industries are daily
springing into life. II is true, there
is good deal OF specl0us argu
mentatiOn to show that tree trade
would be a blessing for the Amer-
can workingmen and tor the Amer
lean farmer, and there is the same
gentle prOtestation that is found in
Mr.. Carllslc's address OF last Mon.
day, that existing vested interests
and established industries must not
he too rudely shocked; bat strip
ped of all this gli;tering cover, it
is in reality only plea for the I'M
porter as against the manufacturer,
aud an effort to persuade the Amer
lean wOrkingman that he will be
better off when the competition OF
European pauper labor lowers his
earnings than he is now.
Mr.. Cleveland also declares with
brutal franknesS-wc mean no Oh
Tense by this term-agalnst the re-.
moval Of the internal revenue tax
on tobacco, though he fails to state
any reason why this product Of the
soil should be taxed any more than
wheat, or cabbage, or potatoes
He passes over the tobacco grow
er's interest i'm the matter quite
lightly by prOnouncing the trltc
fallacy that The tax is paid by the
consumer and not by the farmer
This part Of the presidents mes
sage, therefore, is a pill which will
nauseate many democratic farmers
in this and other tobaccO-growlng
states.
We shall at some idturc day
further consider the import OF the
message, and will merely say, IN
conclusion, that while we were pre-
pared for the expression of anti
protection views by Mr. Cleveland,
coming, as he does, from New \ ork,
we are surprised and panied that
he should have deemed it proper
to advise so violent a reversal OF
the industrial policy under which
the country has become rich and
prosperous.
Patriot and Herald, Rep.l
The Presidents message, sent 20
Congress on the 9th inst. Is not
calculated to strengthen him or his
party in Virginia. He deals only
with one question ut any length
and that is the tariff which he pro.
ceeds TO discuss as an economic
question, and IN the manner which
will commend the message most
heartily to free traders. His views
and arguments are snch rs might
eminate from the Golden Club
He plants himself squarcly upon a
tariff for revenue policy and de
nounces the policy of protection
without stint. No new ideas are
advanced, but he handles his snh-
iect in dOgmatic and emphatic
manner. That his conclusions are
fallaciOus no one who thinks can
doubt, when he declares with en-
phasis that the protective system
which has built up our American
| industries has resulted m forcing
consumers to pay more for mann.
featured articles. Every farmer
knows this conclusion Of Mr.. Cleye-
land is false when the prices Of
manufactured articles in 1860 and
years prior thereto rs compared
with the protection given to Ameri-
can industries by the Republican
party. Manufactured articles arc
now one hundred per cent. cheaper
than they were under "a tariff for
revenue.
The President declares IN favor
of placing raw materials on the free
list. # this recommendation of the
President he carried ont what will
become Of the iron industries of the
Southwest. He wants iron ore, coal,
lumber, wool, plaster, lead, Zlncand
all the raw materials placed upon
the free list, and yet has the cheek
in his message to deny that he is 4
tree trader. What will the DemOc-
racy OF the Ninth district think Of
his views How do they comport
with the platform adopted by the
Congressional convention OF the
Democracy at Wythcville last year!
Mr.. Cleveland not only has spoken
decidedly for a tariff for revenue, bnt
he has also in his message declared
tor retaining the Internal Revenue
system in It's present form. lie says
in his message: at must be con-
coded that none Of the things sub.
jected to internal revenue taxation
are strictly speaking necessarles /;
there appears to be no just com
plant of this taxation by the con-
sumers OF these articles and there
seems to be nothing so well able to
bear the burden without hardship
to any portion Of the people" He
refers to tobacco and spirits and
malt liquors the only articles now
subjected to internal taxation.
Mr.. Cleveland, it has been con.
coded will he the candidate of his
party for Presidentln 1888. He has
IN his message, laid down for him
self aud his party platform for
that campaign. We see no way
for the Democracy 10 escape the
issue in 1888. 1t will not he able
to straddle the great economic
question OF tariff as 1t did in 1891.
Democrat, has thus early commit
ted itself to free trade ideas, and
the party is doomed to dc'eat.
CunieSSIng a Crime After Is Years.
PHILADELPHIA, Dee. Arthur
O'Keefe voluntarily surrended him
self to the police yesterday, and con-
fnssnd ihnf he was the mnrdprpr of